{"id":360343,"date":"2021-10-30T20:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T17:16:51","slug":"how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"#How They Shot the Candyman Bees Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ca12cd6c93\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ca12cd6c93\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/#The_bees_in_Candyman\" >The bees in Candyman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/#Howd_they_do_that\" >How\u2019d they do that?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/#Long_story_short\" >Long story short:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/#Long_story_long\" >Long story long:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-candyman-bees-scenes\/#Whats_the_precedent_for_the_bees_in_Candyman\" >What\u2019s the precedent for the bees in Candyman?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How They Shot the Candyman Bees Scenes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Here\u2019s the story of how the filmmakers wrangled 200,000 very real honeybees.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;&lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;&lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman_mouth_bees.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Candyman Mouth Bees\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman_mouth_bees.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman_mouth_bees-768x405.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Universal Pictures&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;&lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on October 30th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to How\u2019d They Do That? \u2014 a monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry explains how they shot the bee scenes in the original 1992 movie Candyman.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Even if you haven\u2019t had the unspeakable pleasure of watching 1992\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em>Candyman<\/em><\/strong>, there\u2019s a good chance you know about the bees.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Bernard Rose<\/strong>, the movie transports its distinctly British source material (Clive Barker\u2019s short story \u201cThe Forbidden\u201d) to the chilly public housing of Chicago\u2019s Cabrini-Green Homes. There, a grad student named Helen (<strong>Virginia Madsen<\/strong>) attempts to piece together the urban legend of the Candyman (<strong>Tony Todd<\/strong>) for her thesis. But when she digs too deep and flaunts a little too much skepticism, the legend reveals itself to be all-too-real.<\/p>\n<p>While they save their most jaw-dropping performance for the film\u2019s final act,\u00a0<em>Candyman<\/em>\u2018s tiny s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ed insects hum, just off-screen, for the entirety of the film. They are inextricably linked to Candyman\u2019s mythos: swarming the lynched Daniel Robitaille\/Candyman after he is coated in honey and stung to death for the crime of loving a white woman. The concrete tombs of urban housing bear a striking thematic resemblance to beehives. While ironically, bees themselves have become a rarity in the cold, artificiality of the urban jungle.<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Candyman<\/em>\u2018s iconic tie to bees isn\u2019t merely due to metaphorical beats \u2014 however powerful and evocative they may be. No, no. The way you burrow deep into the con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> of horror audiences is by imprinting an unforgettable image into the back of their skulls. An image, for instance, of bees pouring out of a man\u2019s gaping mouth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-shot.gif\" alt=\"mouth bees\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-shot.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-shot-768x410.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_bees_in_Candyman\"><\/span>The bees in Candyman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Helen is at her lowest point: she has escaped from a psychiatric hospital only to find Trevor, her husband, shacked up with one of his students. She was committed for a month. And in that short time, he moved on. It\u2019s as if she were dead and buried. Trevor was the last thing tethering Helen to her former life, to her sense of normalcy, to her sanity before she became engulfed in the violent grip of myth. He treats her like a dangerous animal \u2014 a madwoman loose in his apartment, capable of all the heinous acts she has been accused of.<\/p>\n<p>With nothing left to lose, Helen makes her way to Cabrini-Green to rescue baby Anthony, the infant whom Candyman is holding hostage in exchange for Helen\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>When Helen confronts the boogeyman, he offers her the immortality of becoming a legend, laying her down and opening his coat to reveal an exposed ribcage swarming with bees. The winged insects begin to fall out of Candyman\u2019s mouth as he leans down for a kiss.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howd_they_do_that\"><\/span>How\u2019d they do that?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_short\"><\/span>Long story short:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A lot of real bees, pheromones, and patience.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_long\"><\/span>Long story long:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The bees used in the film were specifically bred for on-screen use. To clarify, they weren\u2019t genetically engineered or anything so audacious. Rather, their breeding was more so an effort to make use of specific physiological stages in a bee\u2019s life cycle. The insects you see on-screen were only 12 hours old. At this age, the bees <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared mature while wielding less powerful stingers.<\/p>\n<p>The bees were controlled with pheromones, which kept them docile and convinced them that the actors were their queen. In the public lavatory scene, where Helen happens upon a toilet bowl filled to the brim with bees feeding on some unseen mass, pheromones were applied inside of a non-functioning, waterless toilet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-toilet-bees.jpg\" alt=\"Candyman toilet\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-toilet-bees.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-toilet-bees-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Director Bernard Rose hired entomologist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/normangary.com\/\"><strong>Norman Gary<\/strong><\/a> after seeing him <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/news-photo\/pictured-host-johnny-carson-and-dr-norman-gary-on-july-26-news-photo\/660637988\">covered in bees playing the clarinet on\u00a0 <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> <em>Starring<\/em> <em>Johnny Carson<\/em><\/a>. You can spot Gary\u2019s insect wrangling skills elsewhere in <em>My Girl\u00a0<\/em>(1991),\u00a0<em>Fried Green Tomatoes<\/em> (1991), and of course,\u00a0<em>The Deadly Bees\u00a0<\/em>(1966). As Daniel Schweiger wrote in issue #117 of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fangoria.com\/\"><em>Fangoria <\/em>magazine<\/a>, <em>Candyman <\/em>used over <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tony-todd-bees-in-candyman\/\">200,000 real honeybees<\/a>, employing numerous cautionary measures on-set to keep cast, crew, and bees as safe as possible.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things most people know about the\u00a0<em>Candyman\u00a0<\/em>bee scenes is that Todd made an absolute killing. As the actor explains <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2019\/jun\/25\/how-we-made-candyman-virginia-madsen-tony-todd-bee-sting\">in an interview with <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI negotiated a bonus of $1,000 for every sting during the bee scene. And I got stung 23 times. Everything that\u2019s worth making has to involve some sort of pain. Once I realized it was an important part of who Candyman was, I embraced it. It was like putting on a beautiful coat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep. A beautiful coat made of bees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Todd\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-mouth-bees-2-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to agreeing to cover his face in buzzing insects, Todd signed on for a shot in which Candyman spews live bees out of his mouth. Now, if writing this column has taught me anything, it\u2019s that the Venn Diagram between practical effects and sexual health products is a circle. Sure enough, a crucial element in achieving the \u201cmouthful of bees\u201d shot was a dental dam that stopped the insects from sliding down Todd\u2019s throat. It reportedly took half an hour for Gary to put all 500 (!) of the bees into Todd\u2019s mouth. (By the way, Gary <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/forum\/201209211000\/first-person-bee-wrangler-norman-gary\">holds a Guinness World Record<\/a> for holding 109 bees in his mouth for 10 seconds.)<\/p>\n<p>Again per <em>Fangoria<\/em>, Todd recalls being \u201ctranced out\u201d when he opened wide and let the insects pour out. And when Todd says \u201ctranced\u201d he really does mean it: Rose employed a hypnotist on-set to achieve Madsen\u2019s spacy reactions to Candyman. And if Clive Barker is to believed (bee-lieved?) in his interview in issue #12 of <em>The <\/em><em>Bloody Best of <\/em><em>Fangoria<\/em>, Madsen was also hypnotized during the pivotal bee scene to calm her nerves. Maybe Todd got in on the hypno-action.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368659 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bees-chest.jpg\" alt=\"Candyman Bees Chest\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bees-chest.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bees-chest-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4qG-4lkwHdk\">a virtual 2021 Wizard World panel<\/a>, Todd explained that the bees had their own trailer. And he recalled Gary\u2019s insistence that he meet them prior to the shoot, and he made a point of assuring him that they were just babies. Todd recalled that Gary spoke to the bees and that he found this reassuring.<\/p>\n<p>For the setpiece in which Candyman reveals the bee-filled ribcage, bees were placed in a special body appliance filled off-stage and strapped to Todd\u2019s chest.<\/p>\n<p>The shots in which swarming bees fill the screen were accomplished via optical effects, which were supplemented with in-camera shots of \u2014 say it with me \u2014 bees. To achieve the effect of bees shooting out towards the camera, a specialized vacuum was deployed with a reverse suction. This was then superimposed over the in-camera and optical shots to achieve the overall effect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368661 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bee-zoom.gif\" alt=\"Candyman Bee Zoom\" width=\"800\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bee-zoom.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-bee-zoom-768x407.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, those of you with keen memories might remember that Todd isn\u2019t the only one who has to contend with the fuzzy little rascals. \u201cWhen [director Bernard Rose] was first asking me to do the role I said, \u2018Well, I can\u2019t. I\u2019m allergic to bees,&#8217;\u201d Madsen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horrornewsnetwork.net\/twenty-year-retrospective-of-candyman-with-virginia-madsen\/\">told HorrorNewsNetwork<\/a>. In the end, Rose promised Madsen that paramedics would be on set, which was <em>apparently<\/em> enough to convince her to do the scene \u2014 that, and learning that she was <em>more\u00a0<\/em>allergic to wasps than bees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-Helen-bees.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Madsen Helen\" width=\"800\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-Helen-bees.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Candyman-Helen-bees-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gary instructed Madsen that staying calm was of the utmost importance. You know? How you stay calm when you\u2019re absolutely covered in bees? The actress recalled to Horror<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>Network:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen they put the bees on me it was crazy because they have fur. They felt like little Q-tips roaming around me. Then you have pheromones on you, so they\u2019re all in love with you and think you\u2019re a giant queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Madsen, the longest part of the process was\u00a0<em>removing\u00a0<\/em>the bees, which required the use of a tiny bee vacuum. Reportedly the process took 45 minutes, during which it was very hard to sit still.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_precedent_for_the_bees_in_Candyman\"><\/span>What\u2019s the precedent for the bees in Candyman?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re talking about covering people in creepy crawlies, you have to talk about 1976\u2019s <strong><em>Squirm<\/em><\/strong>, a film that truly lives up to the promise of its title. Directed by Roger Corman with special make-up effects by Rick Baker,\u00a0<em>Squirm\u00a0<\/em>tells of hundreds of man-eating worms wreaking havoc on a small town in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Half of the worms in the film were made of rubber. But the rest were live sandworms and bloodworms that were electrified in order to move (according to issue #123 of <em>Fangoria<\/em>). Reportedly, after the production wrapped, newspapers reported that the film caused a worm shortage that impacted the local fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-358473 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/squirm.jpg\" alt=\"Squirm\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another notable moment in \u201cbugs in horror history\u201d takes place in the final segment of the 1982 anthology horror film <strong><em>Creepshow<\/em><\/strong>. In the story, the penthouse suite of a cruel mysophobe is overrun by cockroaches. The live roaches (which supposedly numbered around 20,000) were partially provided by the American Museum of Natural History. As George A. Romero relayed during an event at 2015\u2019s Fan Expo Canada, the insects were the most expensive part of the film.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve previously discussed in our breakdown of the locust scene in\u00a0<strong><em>Days of Heaven<\/em><\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/humanehollywood.org\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Guidelines2015-WEB-Revised-110315.pdf\">Humane Hollywood\u2019s guidelines<\/a> are very thorough. And this level of detail does not exclude our tiny, insect friends. Indeed they have their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/humanehollywood.org\/guideline\/insect-and-arachnid-guidelines-ants-bees-beetles-scorpions-spiders-worms\/\">own chapter<\/a> that includes a litany of stipulations \u2014 including guideline 8-49, which specifies that bees are not to be frozen during filming.<\/p>\n<p>Insects have a long history of not being treated\u00a0<em>great\u00a0<\/em>in horror films. And all told, it is refreshing to read about the gentle treatment of the bees on the set of <em>Candyman.\u00a0<\/em>Save the bees, indeed.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: How'd They Do That?\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;&lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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